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VICTORIA — Premier David Eby's new cabinet is set to be sworn in Nov. 18, almost one month after British Columbia's election that saw the New Democrats win a bare, one-seat majority, pending recounts.

A petting farm on Vancouver Island says it was forced to cull its entire flock of about 50 chickens and ducks when they contracted the highly infectious avian flu.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault says his government is prepared to use the notwithstanding clause to force doctors trained in Quebec universities to begin their careers in the province's public system.

TORONTO — When Jenny Tozer's 18-year-old son with autism had been missing for more than two weeks, she started to prepare herself for the worst. Logan left their home in Havelock, Ont.

HALIFAX — Low-income tenants in Nova Scotia who fall behind on their rent could soon turn to a rent bank for a no-interest emergency loan if the Liberal party wins the provincial election on Nov. 26.

LONDON (AP) — British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo , marking the first time the variant has caused a cluster of illness outside of Africa.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans in one of seven victories for abortion rights advocates, while Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota defeated similar constitutional amendmen

WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion rights advocates prevailed on seven ballot measures across the U.S. in Tuesday's election and lost on three. The losses are the first on statewide reproductive rights ballot measures anywhere in the U.S.

LONDON (AP) — A British doctor who was disgruntled about his inheritance and tried to kill his mother’s boyfriend by injecting him with a fake COVID-19 vaccine that was poison was sentenced Wednesday to 31 years in prison. Dr.

LONDON (AP) — A British doctor who was disgruntled about his inheritance and injected his mother’s boyfriend with poison presented as a COVID-19 vaccine was sentenced Wednesday to 31 years in prison. Dr.